System Testing Jobs in Birmingham
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for System Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited System Testing over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Birmingham region.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Testing
Rank 97 80 91
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +11
Permanent jobs citing System Testing 19 12 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.134% 0.826% 0.226%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.521% 1.194% 0.353%
Number of salaries quoted 16 12 3
Average salary £55,000 £31,250 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+76.00% -40.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £26,550 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £32,225 £66,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,125 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-3.11% +11.15%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1249 1005 851
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.52% 69.17% 63.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1055 876 728
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
System Testing
West Midlands

System Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing System Testing across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Birmingham System Testing Jobs Demand Trend

System Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing System Testing across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham System Testing Salary Trend

System Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing System Testing across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham System Testing Salary Histogram

System Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing System Testing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited System Testing.

1 16 (55.17%) Finance
1 16 (55.17%) Test Scripting
2 14 (48.28%) Project Management
3 13 (44.83%) ERP
3 13 (44.83%) CGI
3 13 (44.83%) Back Office
3 13 (44.83%) Local Government
4 8 (27.59%) SQL
4 8 (27.59%) SQL Server
5 7 (24.14%) Windows
5 7 (24.14%) User Acceptance Testing
5 7 (24.14%) HP Quality Center
6 6 (20.69%) Degree
6 6 (20.69%) MS Excel
6 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
7 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
7 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
7 5 (17.24%) CRM
7 5 (17.24%) .NET
7 5 (17.24%) C#
7 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
7 5 (17.24%) QA
7 5 (17.24%) Silverlight
7 5 (17.24%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (17.24%) Waterfall
7 5 (17.24%) Lync
7 5 (17.24%) Dynamics CRM
8 4 (13.79%) Unit Testing
8 4 (13.79%) Integration Testing
8 4 (13.79%) Performance Testing

System Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing System Testing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited System Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (44.83%) CGI
2 5 (17.24%) .NET
2 5 (17.24%) Silverlight
3 1 (3.448%) J2EE
3 1 (3.448%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
1 5 (17.24%) Lync
2 1 (3.448%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (3.448%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.448%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.448%) Cognos Controller
2 1 (3.448%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (27.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.448%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (6.897%) TestDirector
1 2 (6.897%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 16 (55.17%) Finance
2 13 (44.83%) Local Government
2 13 (44.83%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Consultant
1 13 (44.83%) ERP Consultant
2 9 (31.03%) Principle Consultant
3 6 (20.69%) Analyst
4 5 (17.24%) Architect
4 5 (17.24%) Procurement Consultant
4 5 (17.24%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (17.24%) CRM Architect
4 5 (17.24%) CRM Solutions Architect
5 4 (13.79%) Functional Consultant
5 4 (13.79%) Test Manager
5 4 (13.79%) Test Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Tester
6 2 (6.897%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Manual Tester
6 2 (6.897%) Manual Test Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Test Leader
7 1 (3.448%) Financial Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Business Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) AS400
2 1 (3.448%) iSeries
2 1 (3.448%) N-Tier
2 1 (3.448%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Test Scripting
2 14 (48.28%) Project Management
3 13 (44.83%) ERP
4 7 (24.14%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (17.24%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (17.24%) Waterfall
5 5 (17.24%) CRM
6 4 (13.79%) Performance Testing
6 4 (13.79%) Unit Testing
6 4 (13.79%) Integration Testing
7 2 (6.897%) Test Management
7 2 (6.897%) Automated Testing
8 1 (3.448%) Systems Analysis
8 1 (3.448%) Business Analysis
8 1 (3.448%) Workflow
8 1 (3.448%) Data Management
8 1 (3.448%) Logistics
8 1 (3.448%) Security Testing
8 1 (3.448%) Release Management
8 1 (3.448%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) SQL
2 5 (17.24%) C#
2 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.448%) RPG
3 1 (3.448%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) ISEB
3 1 (3.448%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) QA
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) HP
3 2 (6.897%) IBM
4 1 (3.448%) Oracle
4 1 (3.448%) Cognos
4 1 (3.448%) Lotus
4 1 (3.448%) JD Edwards
Test Analyst - Software House
Birmingham, West Midlands
Responsibilities: - Plan and prioritise work for all incoming testing - Design detailed test cases - Perform test execution on various applications - Document and publish all test results to a defined...
Sand Resources
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
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